Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-23
ThG Anarchists Doomed.
THEY WILL Be HUNG NOVEMBER lIth.

lHtI WILL bt hUhb hUFEMbrh llill'
THE SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS
.AFFIRMs THE JUDGMENT OF THE
LOWER TRIBUNAL--HOW SPIES
RECEIVED THE NEWS-TEXT or
THE DECISION. .....
OTTAWA, ILL, Sept. 14-The
Supreme Court this morning deliv-
cred an opinion in the Anarchist
case, affirming the Judgment of the
court below The execution is to
take place November IL, between
nine and four O'Clock.
At $50 Justice Magruder began
the announcement of the decision
in the Anarchist case. Just before
the opening of court every one
seemed to have n feeling that some
thing was going to happen. Be
fore the hour for cOnyening Of c0urt,
lawyers and reporters seemed to
have that feeling, and convcrsed
with each other in snbdued tones.
Even Barker, the janitor, who has
waited upon every Justice of the
Supreme Court that sat upon the
bench IN Ottawa, tiptoed around in
opening and dusting thecourt.room,
as if lie was afraid of breaking the
deathly stiffness that pervaded the
entire building. Deputy Smith fall
tered, and his voice trembled as he
pronounced the "Iear ye, hear ye."
As the Justices filed into the cOnrt
room, headed By Chief Justice Shell
dou, they appeared more digniiied
than ever. The Chief Justice waved
his associates to their seats even
more stately than his wont, his nod
to the sheriff was more stiff, and
his "open COURT less audible than
on preYious days of the term.
Justice Magruder appeared flush
ed and nervous as he entered the
court room, the cause of which was
evidenced a few moments later
when Chief Justice Sheldon turned
to him, and in voice which would
have been inaudible save for the
deathly stiffness which pervad ed
theroom, said "Justice Magruder,
have yOu any announcements to
make?p The flushed appearance
of the Justice changed to that of
pallor, and his voice was husky as
he responded: "In August Spies
and others against the people of the
State Of Illinois, No. 80, advise
ment docket"
The Chief Justice nervously turn
ed the leaves of the court docket to
the case indicated, when the JUS
tice read the decision of the court
in tbe mAnarchist case.p
ain this case the judgment OF the
court below is affirmed as to all and
as to each and every one of the de-
fendants. An opinion has been
prepared setting forth the reasons
of the affirmation of the Judgment.
The opinion is now handed to the
clerk to he fled
Judge Sheldon announced that
he concurred in the opinion.
Justice Mulkey said: "It is not
nv intention TO offer q separate
opinion, as | should have done.
desire to avail myself Of this occa
sion TO say that, while concur in
The conclusions reached, and alsC
in the general views az entered in
the opinion filed, ! do not wish to
he understood as holding that th(
record is free from error, for | dt
not think it is. am, nevertheless, o
the opinion that none of the errors
complained of are Of such serious
character az to require a reversal
of the Judgment. In view OF the
number of defendants on trial the
great length Of time consumed in
the trial the vast amount of testI
mony offered and passed upon by
the court, and the almost number
less rulin gs the court was required
to make, the wonderment to me is
that the errors we're not more nu
merous and of a more serious char
acter than they are. In short, after
having fully examined the record
and giving the questions arising on
it my very best thought, with al
earnest and conscientious desire tC
faithfully discharge my whole duty
I am fully satisfied that the opinion
reached vindicates the law and does
complete justice between the peo
ple of the state and the defendants
fully warranted by the law and the
evidence"
Justice Sheldon-In this cas'
the court orders that the sentence
of the Superior Court of Cook
county of the defendants in the In
dictment, August Spies, Samue
Fieldon, X. Parsons, Adolpt
Fischer, Engel, Louis Ling
Michael Schwab, be carried int
effect by the sheriff of Cook county
on the 11th day of November next
on Friday, between the hours o
ten o'clock forenoon and four O'Clock
in the afternoon on that day. The
judgment of the court was unani
nous.
now SPIES RECEIVED THE NEWS
CHICAGO, September 1.-THE
FIRST official information that reach
t.l.